YOUNG comedians take to the stage in Liverpool tonight to celebrate the fifth birthday of under 18s comedy club Stand Out Club.

The special gig takes place at Kimos Restaurant in Mount Pleasant at 6.30pm.

The original club was at The Picket on Hardman Street and was promoted alongside its Dry Bar nights. Since then the club has been on the theatre ship SS Fitzcarraldo, at the Royal Court and, most recently, at Kimos.

Over the past five years, hundreds of Stand Out graduates have appeared at the club. The birthday show will feature rapid fire gags from more than 25 acts, each performing two- minute sets. They include past Stand Out Competition winners Joe Nunnery (2004), Andrew Crawford (2005), Peter Harris (2007) and Sam Inkson (2008).